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ACLU asks court to release a secret order forcing Facebook to wiretap Messenger

sudshr47 November 28, 2018

Earlier this year, the U.S. government tried to force Facebook to secretly recode its Messenger app to allow the feds to listen into an encrypted, real-time voice call on suspected members associated with the notorious MS-13 gang. It was only when reporters revealed that when Facebook declined, the feds pushed the court to hold the […]

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UK keeps up its legal losing streak over mass surveillance

sudshr47 January 30, 2018

Yet another defeat in the courts for the UK government’s use of mass surveillance as an indiscriminate and, as it frequently turns out, unlawful investigatory tool. Read More